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Tapa Cloth
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Produced throughout the islands of the South Pacific. (Polynesia)
Tahiti, Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa
Also known as bark cloths.
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These cloths play important roles in weddings, funerals and events associated with royalty.
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They use the bark from a paper mulberry tree.
It is stripped and the white inner layers are peeled off for the tapa.
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The narrow strips are soaked in water until softened.
Grooved mallets are used to pound the the bark into about 10” wide strips
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The edges are then overlapped and glued with sap to make wide sheets.
Finally the tapa is sun dried and ready for design.
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Dark outlines and details are hand painted using sticks with frayed ends.
A variety of plant dyes are used as well as tree sap for the natural brown colors.
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What you will do!
In the borders you will create a…
PATTERN(the regular repetition of colors, lines, shapes or forms in an artwork.)
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Think of a design that has
RADIAL BALANCE
(A type of balance in which lines or shapes spread out from a center point in a regular pattern)
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Make sure border pattern and radial
design have UNITY(The quality that occurs when all parts of
an artwork combine to create a sense of wholeness and completion)
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How I will grade you
Design Grade
3 different rough drafts2 borders –1” and ½” (different patterns in each border)
Radial design (from corner)
Border and design should have UNITY
Design touches all 4 sides.
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How I will grade you
Trace design with pencil then outline with black penErase pencilCreative coloring styleOutline dark colorColor fades
Color boldUse a ruler for all straight edges!